bowed

adjective

Deviating from a straight line: arced, arched, arciform, bent, curved, curvilinear, rounded. See straight/bent.

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The adjective has 5 meanings:

Meaning #1: used especially of the head or upper back
  Synonyms: bent, inclined

Meaning #2: (music) of a stringed instrument; sounded by stroking with a bow
  Antonym: plucked (meaning #1)

Meaning #3: (architecture) forming or resembling an arch
  Synonyms: arced, arched, arching, arciform, arcuate

Meaning #4: have legs that curve outward at the knees
  Synonyms: bandy, bandy-legged, bowleg, bowlegged

Meaning #5: showing an excessively deferential manner
  Synonym: bowing

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - bukket, bøjet

Nederlands (Dutch)
gebukt, gestrikt

Français (French)
adj. - penché, courbé

Deutsch (German)
adj. - gebeugt, bogenförmig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - λυγισμένος, γερτός, σκυφτός

Italiano (Italian)
curvato

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - arqueado

Русский (Russian)
склоненный, сгорбленный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - inclinado, cargado, apenado

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - böjd, nedtyngd

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
弯如弓的, 有弓的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 彎如弓的, 有弓的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 굽은

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 曲がった, 弓をもった, 弓の形をした

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مثقل (بالهموم)‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮עקום, כפוף‬

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